You'll work on high-scale global EdTech systems (Azure, .NET, Angular) that process assessment data for millions of students worldwide, and join a collaborative agile team with autonomy, high engineering standards, and a focus on continuous improvement. What makes this different:

Craft matters - We value clean code, a quality mindset, and engineering excellence
Trust and support - Teams make technical decisions collaboratively with mentorship when you need it
Real impact - Your work helps teachers make better decisions for their students
Help build our AI-first future - We're early in the process of adopting agentic SDLC, you'll help define how we integrate AI into our workflows
Design, build, and maintain features across the full stack (Azure, .NET APIs, Angular frontend, SQL databases)
Make or contribute to architectural and technical decisions within your domain
Write clean, tested, maintainable code that solves real problems
Participate in and improve our engineering practices (code review, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines)
Experiment with AI tools to help build towards our adoption of agentic workflows
Work closely with product, design, quality assurance, and other engineering teams to deliver valuable outcomes for teachers and students
Break down ambiguous problems, propose ideas, and help bring them to completion

Some previous professional software development experience
Full-stack experience and skills in C#/.NET, TypeScript/JavaScript, and SQL (you don't need to be an expert in all three)
Experience with modern web frameworks (Angular, React, or similar)
Understanding of system design, REST APIs, databases, and cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
Understanding of testing approaches (e.g. unit, integration, end-to-end) and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
You value quality and craft - testing, clean code, and thoughtful design matter to you
You're curious about AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.)
You can work effectively both independently and collaboratively
You understand trade-offs - when to optimize, when to ship, when to refactor
You care about accessibility, performance, security, and maintainability - and apply them in practice
You communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
Azure (App Services, Static Web Apps, Storage Accounts, Azure SQL)
Angular (we'll support you to learn if you're coming from another framework)
AI-assisted development tools
EdTech, SaaS, or mission-driven tech background
WCAG accessibility standards

Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too - a leading provider of educational assessments.

Collaborative autonomy ️ - Teams make decisions together and have freedom to innovate
Engineering excellence - We invest in quality, testing, and continuous improvement
Growth and learning - Access to training, mentorship, and time to experiment with new tools
Inclusive and supportive - We value diverse perspective, psychological safety, and work-life balance
Azure, .NET 8+, Angular 21, SQL Server
Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Early adoption of agentic SDLC - help shape how we work
Continuous modernisation of our stack and practice
Hybrid working (Houghton-le-Spring office as a base with pool/ping pong table , dart board , and arcade machine ️)
Flexible arrangements - We're open to discussing what works for your life (including family responsibilities)
Generous leave policies ️ - 22 days annual leave with the opportunity to purchase more, 3 days company leave over Christmas period , an extra day off during your birthday month , reduced hours (half day Fridays) during Summer and Winter holiday periods conditional on company performance ️ ️

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